HG Cerler Benasque

Un petit TP de deux jours dans les Pyrénées dans le cadre du cours de Fonctionnement des écosystèmes. Bon...les écosystèmes du sud de la France étaient un petit peu décevant, mais les paysages étaient vraiment beaux.

La plus haute altitude à laquelle on s'est rendu : 2200 m

... Silicon Valley of Scotland; the Niagra Falls of Kansas, etc.) We arrived in time to claim the best bunk beds in the place (lucky) before enjoying a simple hearty meal and a noisy, but surprisingly comfortable night's sleep.

                     

... before the email I sent to you, I hope you understand and don't feel too deceived). Okay back to the 2nd evening in Lac de l'Oredon... after giving my story in what I now consider to be pretty good French, the couple then proceeded to natter away in French, none of which I understood, I did try to explain I only spoke a little French, but that didn't seem to register, so all I could do was, hopefully, nod and smile in the right places. It ...

... some damage

Vultures... many varieties

Golden eagle x 2 ... huge... a shadow appeared over me and I thought it was a cloud blotting out the sun

Cat... I didn't mention 'Guardcat' who Jean and I befriended weeks ago whilst wild camping by a river in the first week. I'm pretty sure she was lost. Had I been able to post her home .... we did report her to the local shop keeper hoping someone would rescue her

Marmots.... lots of them, now there's a pet to ...

... offers free music in every square (which means every corner on the city and in every alley) until early morning. It also means lots of fireworks and events such as Saturday nights even the Correfoc or in English Running with Fire. We made it back from the Pyrenees just in time to drop our stuff off, change, get some wine and go to the street where this parade of fire was going down. We could see the sparks and hear the drum beats from a few blocks ...

... paid the ticket when you exited the interstate. On our way to the city Oo the views were beautiful. As we got closer to the mountains we drove through cute mountain towns, saw snow capped peaks, and could hear mountain run off streams passing near the road. When we arrived in Oo we started the hour climb to Lac d'Oo (lake of Oo). One of Brian's co-workers recommended this hike because of the waterfall at the end ...

600 km of concrete and asphalt passed by the car window. (8am -8 pm: at one stage the traffic so bad we did 100 km in 3 hours, gulp....just so not like Australia) The highlight was an early bike ride to get a coffee and baguette before the days drive and the catch up with all the boys when we finally made our rendervous at the base of the Pyrenees in a local ...

On our way back from Carcassonne, we stopped in Figueres, France to visit the Salvador Dali museum. Dali was a surrealist so a lot of his works are strange and off the wall. Kevin didn't really get it but I thought it was very intersting thanks to my art history class. Take a look for yourself and decide what you think.

... herself leaving me to plummet the 40 cm drop on my own. Did I mention I was videoing myself during all this. Somehow at the time I managed to convince myself that it was all her fault, after all she only had to reach out and pull me to safety. Later we watched the video replay and after recovering from fits of laughter I was forced to admit that maybe I had only myself to blame. Pizza.... For lunch, three days straight. We did change pizza shops one ...

... later I was tucked into my sleeping bag. By eight that evening it had begun to snow. That night the steady sound of snowfall was broken by the low rumbles of thunder and airplanes, and our sleep was robbed by the sub zero temperature of darkness. *** On inspection of our surroundings at sixty thirty the following morning, heads poking out from sleeping bags and tent, we were unsurprised to find that a layer of fresh snow had settled across the glen. We took an extra hour of sleep ...